“Syme was not only dead, he was abolished, an unperson.”

This seems like a big deal to me

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t fully understand the hierarchy of all Iran’s leaders and clerics, but this top story from the NYT seems like the type of news I have been hoping for for weeks. And while the article makes it clear that this by itself will not necessarily be a game-changer, I think it’s important because after the protesters have been stomped into oblivion by sheer force, it falls on the religious leaders of Iran to put the pressure on their corrupt and despotic Supreme Leader.